Deficient and Niggardly

Deficient adjective - Falling short of a standard.

Niggardly is a synonym for deficient. In some cases you can use "Niggardly" instead an adjective "Deficient".

Nearby Words: deficiency, deficit, deficiently

Niggardly adjective - Less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable.

Deficient is a synonym for niggardly in defective topic. Sometimes you can use "Deficient" instead an adjective "Niggardly", if it concerns topics such as insufficient, meagre, sparse.